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But on MountוּבְהַרZionצִיּוֹןthere will beתִּהְיֶהan escape,פְלֵיטָהand it will beוְהָיָהholy,קֹדֶשׁand the houseוְ בֵּיתof Jacobיַעֲקֹבwill possessיָרְשׁוּtheir possessions.מוֹרָשֵׁיהֶם
Obadiah 1:17
Study it in the app“But on Mount Zion there will be an escape, and it will be holy, and the house of Jacob will possess their possessions.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Obadiah 1:17, word by word
- But on Mountהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- there will beתִּהְיֶהtihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “tihye” appears- an escapeפְלֵיטָהfeleta
escape
Managing to get out of danger: the escape.
Where else “feleta” appears- holyקֹדֶשׁkodesh
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kodesh” appears- and the houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appears- of Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- will possessיָרְשׁוּyarshu
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yarshu” appears- their possessionsמוֹרָשֵׁיmorashe
possession, desire
A possession, what someone holds as his own; figuratively, what the heart desires.
Where else “morashe” appears
Places in this verse
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
16For as you drank on my holy mountain, all the nations will drink continually; they will drink and swallow down and will be as though they had not been.
17 · This verse (above)
18And the house of Jacob will be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; and they will burn among them and consume them, and there will not be a survivor of the house of Esau, for YHWH has spoken.